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[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

The public saw the articles.

It did not see the CCP-linked influence operation behind them.

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The network also reached Joe Biden’s orbit.

Bruce Stokes is married to Wendy Sherman, who became Biden’s deputy secretary of state and one of the administration’s most powerful foreign-policy officials.

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Former NPR editor Marilyn Geewax later became a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Xi Jinping’s alma mater and one of China’s most politically connected institutions.

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Steve Chapman attacked Trump’s trade policies and published a now-deleted column making “the case for buying U.S. Olympic outfits from China.”

Ronald Brownstein opposed Trump’s confrontation with Beijing.

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Matthew Yglesias joked about wanting to “give Party flunkies notes” on improving their “propaganda.”

Ezra Klein later credited China with buying America time during COVID.

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David Rohde produced one of the clearest examples after a CUSEF-organized trip:

“The Chinese state has played a central role in creating, supporting and expanding businesses here.”

Rohde continued:

“Those successes show that, for all the attacks from American politicians on Chinese currency manipulation, American companies can find profits in China.”

Then came the verdict on American industry:

“Americans, meanwhile, should accept that large-scale manufacturing will never return to the United States.”

Rohde urged American companies to profit from China’s rise and dismissed political objections in Washington as “ideological babble.”

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

Catherine Rampell repeatedly attacked Trump’s China policies.

One dispatch from her CUSEF-funded trip amplified Chinese officials portraying America as the aggressor and urged Washington to abandon its “zero-sum-game attitude” toward Beijing.

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Then came the coverage.

Shikha Dalmia published “China Bashing is for Losers.”

Bradford Plumer praised Beijing’s climate agenda.

Bruce Stokes warned that economic “decoupling” from China would “backfire.”

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

The access went far beyond conference rooms.

American journalists were taken on curated tours through China, including visits to Chinese military bases, by the same network seeking favorable coverage.

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A bipartisan congressional report says the United Front works to “co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition” to the CCP.

American media was not incidental to the strategy. It was a target.

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Trip organizer CUSEF was founded by Tung Chee-hwa, a former senior official in the CCP’s United Front system, the influence apparatus Beijing uses to cultivate foreign elites and shape institutions outside China.

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Also identified:

- Cristi Kempf, former Chicago Tribune associate managing editor
- Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times deputy editorial page editor
- Julian Pecquet, former Foreign Affairs reporter

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

The list continues:

- Craig Gilbert, former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington bureau chief
- Tony Semerad, Salt Lake Tribune reporter
- Shikha Dalmia, former The Week columnist
- Jonathan Broder, former Newsweek senior writer

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

Also on the roster:

- Marilyn Geewax, former NPR senior editor
- Kathleen Deveny, former Newsweek editor
- Tom Omestad, former U.S. News & World Report correspondent
- Steve Chapman, former Chicago Tribune columnist
- Bruce Stokes, former National Journal correspondent

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

Also identified:

- Steve Clemons, former The Hill editor-at-large
- David Rohde, MS NOW senior national security reporter
- Jonathan Alter, NBC News and MSNBC political analyst
- David Sweeney, former NPR managing editor
- Daniel Gross, former Yahoo Finance columnist

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

The names include:

- Ezra Klein, New York Times columnist
- Matthew Yglesias, Vox co-founder
- Ronald Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst
- Bradford Plumer, New York Times reporter
- Marjorie Miller, former Associated Press vice president

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

REVEALED: Here Are the Mainstream Journalists on China’s Payroll 🚨

I exclusively uncovered the identities of prominent U.S. journalists flown to China by a CCP-linked influence operation seeking “favorable coverage” and “positive messages” about Beijing. 🧵

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IT'S GO TIME 🚨

The House just passed reconciliation with the Save America Act attached to it (216-214)

Time for @JDVance to preside over the chair as Senate President and overrule the Senate Parliamentarian when she objects

JD Vance will see this.... it's time to get loud

[Phil Ashford 🍊 @Phlashford]

Yep

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

Time to yank CCP student visas, which are hundreds of thousands a year.

[Phil Ashford 🍊 @Phlashford]

Lock them up

[Liz Churchill @liz_churchill10]

The J6 Committee hid footage, deleted evidence and covered up the stolen election.

5 Patriots committed suicide
667 Patriots were jailed
1583 Patriots were charged

LOCK UP THE J6 COMMITTEE